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In a year of protests in the Arab world, high food prices helped to make oppression, corruption and poverty under autocratic leaders even more intolerable.
"Prices are so expensive," said one protester about Egypt's leaders. " What shall we do right now? We have to stay until they are gone and give a chance to others who can satisfy our needs."
Price spike
The political fires that burned across North Africa, many say, were kindled in Russia last summer. Extreme drought triggered wildfires and destroyed one-third of the country's wheat harvest. Russia refused to export the rest of its harvest. Markets panicked and food prices shot up.
"Definitely, it is one of the causes of the Arab Spring," says Shenggen Fan, director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute.
In 2008, the last time global food prices spiked, Egypt was one of several countries hit by food riots and demonstrations.
Fan believes the return of high prices in 2011 offers some important lessons. "Food price hikes will come more often, and more frequent. So this is the first lesson we learned. Second, food prices obviously will remain very high."
Food prices will remain high and volatile, Fan says, because demand for food is increasing and supply is not keeping up. This year the world population hit seven billion, with another two billion expected by mid-century. People in emerging economies like China are eating more meat, which requires more animal feed.
Feeding biofuel
But demand for food is just one factor, according to Cornell University economist Chris Barrett. "It's also the diversion of food and feed to the production of biofuels."
In the United States, 2011 was the first time more maize went to make ethanol fuel than to feed animals.
Meanwhile, the pace of farm productivity gains has been slowing, Barrett says.
"What we're seeing right now is the bitter harvest of very poor investments in agriculture research over, really, the last 20 years."
That means a few bouts of bad weather can cause serious disruptions in world food markets today. And those disruptions are becoming more likely with climate change.
Political realities
Farm ministers from the G20 leading and emerging economies met for the first time this year to discuss the crisis. In 2009, G8 leaders pledged $22 billion to developing-world agriculture. But not much came of the meeting, or the pledge, from countries with financial troubles of their own, Barrett says.
"The political realities of domestic troubles in the major economies are effectively choking off concerted public-sector response right now, which is a real concern."
But while those domestic troubles continue, so do the forces pushing food prices up, says Fan, of the International Food Policy Research Institute.
"So if we do not invest in agriculture, do not invest in food production, we will continue to see tightening supply. We will continue to see high prices."
The good news in this is that high prices always encourage farmers to grow more. A record harvest in 2011 is helping to temper food prices in many, though not all, regions of the world.
In Egypt, for example, food prices have continued to rise. Elsewhere, experts do not expect much downward movement in the cost of food. High and volatile food prices are in the forecast for 2012 and beyond.


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Attack On PNNL Started At Public Web Servers
Zero-day Flash payload infected visitors to Department of Energy contractor Pacific Northwest National Lab's public-facing Web servers.
July 21, 2011
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The cyberattack discovered at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) during the Fourth of July holiday weekend used a combination of a Web server vulnerability and a payload that delivered a zero-day Adobe Flash attack, according to officials at the Department of Energy-contracted facility.
PNNL, a research and development facility operated under contract to the Department of Energy, discovered what it described as a "sophisticated" targeted attack on its systems the Friday before the holiday, compelling the organization to temporarily shut down most of its internal network services, including email, SharePoint, its wireless LAN, voicemail, and Internet access. PNNL also blocked internal traffic while investigating and mitigating the attack. The lab says no classified or sensitive information was accessed in the attack.
Now more details are emerging on just how the attackers got into the Richland, Wash.-based lab, which employs around 4,900 people and handles homeland security analysis and research, as well as smart grid and environmental development.
Jerry Johnson, CIO for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, said in an interview that the attackers at first infiltrated some of PNNL's public-facing Web servers that contained publicly available information. These servers are considered "low impact" by government security standards, meaning that they require only minimal security under NIST standards.
The attackers exploited an undisclosed bug in the server, and then rigged it with a malicious payload that planted an Adobe Flash zero-day exploit on victims' machines. Johnson declined to elaborate on the Flash bug and exploit.
Another DOE facility, Newport News, Va.-based Thomas Jefferson National Lab, was also hit around the same time frame as PNNL, according to published reports. The attacks have been described as having the earmarks of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, typically nation-state sponsored and focused on cyber-espionage.
A spokesman for Jefferson Lab says the nature of the attack on that site remains under investigation.
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Physcial Sciences Division
Research Highlights
August 2013
Strong Forces at Work in Simple Table Salt
Intense electric fields alter electrons arrangement to produce light during NaCl crystallization
Crystalluminescence – the glow given off when a salt becomes a solid – was a critical "hint" to the team that the conventional wisdom underlying salt formation was incomplete. This led them to ask if intense electric fields actually occur in concentrated aqueous electrolytes and thus could be responsible for driving the electronic processes leading to the emission of blue light. The answer? Yes. Enlarge Image
Results: Inside the chemical processes to synthesize simple table salt crystals, or NaCl, intense electric fields, typically associated with particle accelerators, occur, according to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists. The 5 GV/m fields can alter the NaCl solution's electronic structure. These findings are the next step in determining the exact mechanism underlying salt's crystallization and the long-lived cobalt blue light emitted (luminescence) during salt formation.
"The fields in the reactions are intense and can have dramatic effects on the electronic states inside the system," said Dr. Shawn Kathmann, the chemical physicist who led the study.
Why It Matters: The ultimate goal is to control the synthesis of matter to make materials capable of innovative leaps in capturing, storing, and transducing energy. Exquisite control over material synthesis could lead to solar cells that capture more light to improve their efficiency or catalytic nanoparticles with significantly less precious metals, reducing financial and environmental costs. This level of control requires a fundamental understanding of synthesis at the molecular and electronic levels.
"Our goal is to control the synthesis of matter to make whatever we want, whenever we want, out of whatever we want," said Kathmann.
Methods: When NaCl crystallizes out of water at room temperature with no additional energy added, it emits a cobalt blue glow, indicating that electronic transitions are occurring and in direct contradiction to the general belief that salt crystallization does not involve a change in electronic structure or that the NaCl retains its ionic character.
"The basic point is that if luminescence occurs, something very different is actually happening than what we think is happening," said Dr. Bernhard Sellner, a PNNL postdoctoral fellow and a theoretical chemist on the study. "A photon of light cannot be emitted unless something exciting is happening to the electrons."
Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations on NaCl solutions at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, the team determined the fluctuations in the charges, electric potentials and fields.
"This is the first time these fields have been quantified and analyzed," said Dr. Marat Valiev, a PNNL chemical physicist and theorist on the project who works in EMSL.
In addition, the team analyzed the charge redistribution of the salt in aqueous solution as a function of concentration. They wanted to know if the charges on the water molecules and ions were what they expected. They discovered that the ion charges are not equal and opposite to each other. Some of the electronic charge on the chloride ion (Cl-) ends up on the water molecules in the first solvation shells around the chloride and sodium ions, with the waters around sodium being the most negative -- the waters effectively act as an electronic sink.
What's Next? The next step is to understand how long these intense fields last in aqueous electrolytes, determine what types of molecular configurations are needed to create these long-lasting fields, and quantify the distribution of energy gaps between the various excited electronic states. The near-term goal is to understand the electronic mechanisms of the process and the influence of trace impurities, such as silver or copper.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences
User Facility: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Research Area: Chemical Sciences
Research Team: Bernhard Sellner, Marat Valiev, and Shawn M. Kathmann, PNNL
Reference: Sellner B, M Valiev, and SM Kathmann. 2013. "Charge and Electric Field Fluctuations in Aqueous NaCl Electrolytes." Journal of Physical Chemistry B. In advance of publication. Cover article.


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Jewish World Review Oct. 4, 2001 / 17 Tishrei, 5762
Ann Coulter http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- HOUSE leaders recently rejected the Bush administration's request for authority to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely. Under the House plan, the government could hold immigrants suspected of terrorism for only seven days without bringing charges. Let's hope seven days is enough for the government to perform a thorough intelligence-based investigation of a million Muslim immigrants! Oddly, it would be easier to deport immigrants than to detain them. Under the Constitution, visitors to this country have no right to be here, but they may have a right not to be detained indefinitely without a hearing. War is being waged on our soil by noncitizen infiltrators, legally admitted by the INS. If Congress says the attorney general can't detain them, we ought to deport them. (From the "not ready to move on" file: Isn't it curious that we have room for 19 Muslim mass murderers, but no room for an innocent little Cuban boy? In addition to deporting immigrants from terrorist-producing countries, someone should look into deporting every person who ever worked for the INS.) Any senator (Teddy Kennedy) who is opposed to the mass deportation of immigrants from suspect countries would be free to waive in as many potential terrorists as he could sign his name to. At least then we'd have true government accountability, rather than collective foot-dragging based on pristine tributes to civil rights. We won't even necessarily need to call on the fine-tuned screening procedures of the INS. The law could simply state that immigrants from certain countries aren't allowed to be here after a certain date, unless they receive a waiver. Admittedly, fanatics willing to launch monstrous suicide missions are probably also going to be willing to violate a general order of deportation. But it would raise the terrorists' transactions costs. At the very least, noncitizen terrorists will have a tough time maneuvering around the country, becoming pilots, getting hazardous materials licenses and generally doing the things they need to do to nuke Manhattan. Surely, thousands of immigrants could be waived in instantly on the basis of reliable evidence either that they are not Muslims, or that they are the peaceful, law-abiding variety not planning mass murder -- as opposed to the peaceful, law-abiding Muslims who recently slaughtered thousands of our fellow countrymen. Among the advantages of a deportation presumption is that it would give the FBI increased opportunities to flip Muslim immigrants to informants -- a possibility unlikely to be lost on any terrorists looking for their own new recruits. A mass deportation order also ought to ease the way for "ethnic profiling." If noncitizens from various suspect countries were under an order to leave, all security personnel would have grounds to look for potential violators of that law. Everyone is profiling now anyway. No one talks about it, which allows liberals the luxury of ritualistically denouncing racial profiling. Ordinary Americans aren't going to die for political correctness. And airlines aren't going to fly empty planes. The facts are: (1) Nineteen male immigrants of Middle-Eastern descent recently murdered thousands of civilians on our shores in a coordinated attack; (2) other people answering to the same description have been apprehended in the country as suspected co-conspirators; and (3) according to the attorney general, there are more sleeper terrorist cells at large that the government has yet to identify. Complaints about heightened suspicions toward people who fit the description of fanatical Islamists go well beyond opposing indiscriminate hate. It is a demand that Americans not even have their antennae up. Focusing on men of Middle-Eastern appearance is less "profiling" than suspect identification. It is in keeping with the standard police practice of not looking for people over 6 feet tall when the eyewitnesses tell you the perp is 5 feet 2 inches. When looking for the Unabomber, I promise you -- the FBI wasn't rousting Asians or Arabs. As unfair as it sounds, deporting immigrants from suspect countries will actually minimize cruelties toward vast numbers of vaguely Arabic-looking people. Although many immigrants will be swept up unfairly, all the Sikhs, Hindus and Arab Christians will be relieved to discover they don't scare people anymore. To be sure, there is a risk that mass deportations might upset the delicate diplomatic maneuvering designed to bring the largest possible number of unsavory regimes into our "international coalition." On the other hand, some countries in the "international coalition" might be forced to conclude that the Great Satan is smarter than they thought. This part of the plan ought to appeal to their primitive sense of honor and boundaries.
But moreover, any sentient being has to realize that some of our "partner" regimes are more plausibly allied with the terrorists. If we don't stop the coalition-building soon, Colin Powell could soon be announcing a "diplomatic initiative" to bring Osama bin Laden into the "coalition." Having allies is great, but let us not forget that it is ultimately our responsibility, not that of foreigners with different interests, to defend this
JWR contributor Ann Coulter is the author of High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton.


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This graduate program is designed as an optional course of study to the traditional Ph.D. in Chemistry for students with backgrounds in engineering (civil, environmental and chemical engineering) and other sciences (physics, biology, etc.) as well as chemistry. Candidates will be exposed to advanced course work in chemistry and environmental engineering and will be able to choose an area of specialization that best suits their interests and previous experience.
A combination of faculty from Chemistry, Work Environment and Civil Engineering with a variety of research expertise gives this program unique characteristics and affords the student the opportunity to perform practical interdisciplinary research. It is expected that most students will require at least four years beyond the Bachelor's degree and two years past the Master's degree.
Entrance Requirements
In addition to the requirements for admission listed in the graduate catalog, applicant will have an earned bachelor's degree in one of the following fields: chemistry, chemical or civil engineering, biology, environmental sciences, geology or physics. Students will be expected to have satisfactorily completed undergraduate courses in analytical, organic, and physical chemistry, physics and calculus. However, applicants who have not completed courses in these areas of chemistry may remedy their deficiencies while in the program and, therefore, are encouraged to apply. Admissions will be determined by a committee consisting of faculty from the Chemistry, Work Environment, and Civil Engineering Departments.
Program Outline
A total of 57 credits are required for the Ph.D. program. Of these, at least 36 credits must be in course work exclusive of seminar and the rest is usually in thesis research. Courses shown below are divided into three categories: core course requirements (nine credits), areas of specialization (15 credits), and elective courses (12 credits). Additional elective courses from other departments may be substituted with the approval of the student's Advisory Committee. In addition, full-time students must register for 84.601/84.602 or 18.502 Environmental/Analytical seminar every semester. Each student will be required to give two seminars on current research topics during their graduate career. Students in the Environmental program must select a thesis advisor by the end of the second semester. At this time, an Advisory Committee is appointed and a plan of study is established. The Advisory Committee will consist of the thesis advisor, two members from the Chemistry Department and two members from the Civil Engineering Department. An additional member from another department may also be added if agreed upon by the student and thesis advisor. Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative average in order to continue in the program.
Written Area Examinations (Cumulative Examinations)
Beginning in the second year of study, the student must pass examinations in their major area of specialization. The examinations are administered by the faculty associated with the program and are based on course work either completed or in progress as well as seminars, scientific literature and accepted theory in the field of study. Environmental studies students take six cumulative examinations each of which focuses on a different area of environmental science and analytical chemistry. Students must take the examinations consecutively in a given academic year. The topic, date, time and faculty member in charge of a particular exam in the cumulative examination series will be given to the student prior to the first cumulative exam. Students taking cumulative exams are urged to meet with the individual faculty member preparing an exam for more specific information. If a student misses a cumulative exam a grade of zero will be assigned. There are no makeup cumulative exams.
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Ph.D. candidates must submit an original research proposal and successfully pass an oral defense of that proposal in their second or third year of study. After consulting with their Advisory Committee, the student selects a suitable subject for investigation, completes a literature survey, outlines the method of approach, and suggests possible results and conclusions. The oral defense of this proposal is conducted by the student's Advisory Committee with other faculty in attendance. The proposal must be defended within three months following completion of the cumulative examinations.
Required Courses (24 credits):
I. Core Courses (9 credits)
84.514 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
84.532 Advanced Physical Chemistry
84.533 Physical Chemistry for Environmental Studies
84.523 Organic Reaction Mechanism
84.568 Structural Analysis
II. Areas of Specialization (15 credits)
a. Analytical /Environment
14.567 Environmental Chemistry I (Aquatic Chemistry)
14.568 Environmental Chemistry II (Fate and Transport)
84.519 Environmental Chemistry III (Marine Chemistry)
84.526 Chromatography
84.564 Spectrochemical Analysis
b. Water Environment
14.567 Environmental Chemistry I (Aquatic Chemistry)
14.568 Environmental Chemistry II (Fate and Transport)
84.519 Environmental Chemistry III (Marine Chemistry)
14.562 Groundwater Hydrology
14.561 Physical Chemical Treatment Processes
c. Air Environment
18.571 Air Pollution Phenomenology
18.523 Air Resources Management & Control
18.573 Air Pollution Laboratory (Monitoring and analysis)
14.568 Environmental Chemistry II ( Fate and Transport)
92.591 Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis
III. Elective Courses (12 credits)
84.533 Physical Chemistry for Environmental Studies
84.532 Advanced Physical Chemistry
84.523 Organic Reaction Mechanisms
84.568 Structural Analysis
14.567 Environmental Chemistry I (Aquatic Chemistry)
14.568 Environmental Chemistry II (Fate and Transport)
84.519 Environmental Chemistry III (Marine Chemistry)
84.526 Chromatography
84.564 Spectrochemical Analysis
14.562 Groundwater Hydrology
14.561 Physical Chemical Treatment Processes
18.568 Environmental Laboratory
18.571 Air Pollution Phenomenology
18.523 Air Resources Management
18.573 Air Pollution Laboratory (Monitoring and Analysis)
93.415 Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics I
93.416 Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics II
93.430 Atmospheric Diffusion
18.572 Energy and the Environment
92.591 Statistical Modeling and Analysis
14.565 Industrial Waste Water Treatment Processes
18.510 Water Resources Management
18.522 Solid Waste Management (Municipal, Industrial and Hazardous)
18.525 Epidemiology for Environmental Studies
18.527 Environmental Law
19.501 Industrial Hygiene
81.xxx Wetlands Ecology
84.515 Chemical Literature
98.501 Radiation Safety and Control
98.503 Radiation Biology
98.508 Environmental Toxicology
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The Washington Post, owner of embattled Newsweek, missed an interesting detail in reporting on the latest development in the Koran desecration allegations.
Fortunately, both the AP and Reuters completed the picture. And yes, if you are turning to those two sources for "fair and balanced", you have wandered a long way from home.
The AP:
Pentagon officials have said recently that the public claims by released detainees were not credible and that the terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay had been trained to make such false claims.
Indeed, the FBI records cite at least one instance in which a detainee is said to have falsely claimed that a guard had dropped a Quran. ``In actuality the detainee dropped the Quran and then blamed the guard. Many other detainees reacted to this claim,'' the FBI document said, and that sparked an uprising ``on or about 19-20 July 2002.''
In other documents, FBI agents stated that Guantanamo detainees also accused U.S. personnel of kicking the Koran and throwing it to the floor, and described beatings by guards. But one document cited a detainee who accused a guard of dropping a Koran, prompting an "uprising" by prisoners, when it was the prisoner himself who dropped it.
The closest the WaPo comes to challenging the credibility of the detainees is this:
[Pentagon spokesman] Whitman said in his statement last night that al Qaeda members have been trained to lie about their treatment during incarceration, and that officials at Guantanamo Bay have had "a great deal of sensitivity to the importance of the Koran and other religious items and practices and . . . extensive procedures were put in place to respect the cultural dignity of the Koran." In January 2003, the Pentagon issued rules for handling the holy book.
Left unmentioned - we don't need to take Whitman's word for it that al Qaeda terrorists are trained to lie.
Lots of reaction at Memeorandum.
MORE: Picky, picky - the AP and the WaPo use the phrase "flushed *in* the toilet", and they put it in quotes. Reuters settles for "down" the toilet.
Well, flushed "in" the toilet answers the criticism that if the Koran won't flush, Newsweek's credibility is crushed. After the flushing, a rinsed Koran is left behind.
"Down" the toilet is harder to picture, unless the guard takes the time to shred the Koran first.
MORE: In comparison with the WaPo, the NY Times shines the light of reason, and the LA Times is a font of wisdom. The NY edition does not include the detail about the prisoner abusing the Koran, but delivers this, starting in the third paragraph:
Unlike F.B.I. documents previously disclosed in a lawsuit brought by the civil liberties union, in which agents reported that they had witnessed harsh and possibly illegal interrogation techniques, the new documents do not say the F.B.I. agents witnessed the episodes themselves. Rather, they are accounts of unsubstantiated accusations made by the prisoners during interrogation.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon dismissed the reports as containing no new evidence that abuses of the Koran had actually occurred and said that on May 14 military investigators had interviewed the prisoner who mentioned the toilet episode to the F.B.I. and that he was not able to substantiate the charge.
The accusation that soldiers had put a Koran in a toilet, which has been made by former and current inmates over the past two years, stirred violence this month that killed at least 17 people in Muslim countries after Newsweek magazine reported that a military investigation was expected to confirm that the incident had in fact occurred.
Newsweek retracted the report last week, saying it had relied on an American government official who had incomplete knowledge of the situation.
None of the documents released Wednesday indicate any such confirmation that the incident took place.
The LA Times had this, beginning in the fourth paragraph:
No independent verification has been made of the prisoners' claims. The FBI reports say that some prisoners, when asked, were not able to say that they had witnessed such abuse of the Koran, but that they had heard rumors about it.
One prisoner, the FBI notes say, "considers it his duty as a Muslim to believe the rumor until it is proven untrue."
ACLU officials said the documents showed that U.S. officials failed to take seriously allegations that guards were desecrating the Koran when the claims surfaced.
"The United States government's own documents show that it has known of numerous allegations of Koran desecration for a significant period of time," said Amrit Singh, an ACLU lawyer.
However, the Army instituted elaborate procedures to ensure sensitive treatment of the Koran at the Guantanamo Bay facility two years ago. Some prisoners told FBI interviewers that conditions had since improved.
In behalf of the WaPo, let's note that they run an editorial denouncing Amnesty International's use of the word "gulag".
And my guess is that the "truth" of the situation at Gitmo is contained in this excerpt from the Times:
The disclosures Wednesday did not support the specific assertions in the original Newsweek item that military investigators concluded that a Koran had been flushed down a toilet. They do, however, reinforce the contentions of human rights advocates and lawyers for detainees that accusations of purposeful mishandling of the Koran were common.
A former interrogator told The New York Times in a recent interview that friction over handling of the Koran began with guards' regular searches of the cells. "Some of it was just ignorance," the former interrogator said, insisting on anonymity because soldiers are barred from discussing camp operations. "They didn't realize you shouldn't handle the book roughly."
Though complaints about the handling of the Koran were routine, the former interrogator said, the situation eventually escalated. "It was two things that brought the desecration issue to a higher level," the former interrogator said. "The rumor spread among detainees that a Koran had been flushed down a toilet and that some interrogators brought Korans to the interrogation sessions and stood on them, kicked them around." The former interrogator had not witnessed those occurrences.
Erik Saar, co-author of "Inside the Wire" (Penguin Press, 2005) and an Arabic language translator in 2003 in Guant�namo said in a recent interview that "the detainees actually liked to complain about how the Koran was handled because they viewed it as a cause to rally around" and one that would get the attention of the camp's authorities.
Finally, let's knock the Times for failing to note their earlier report:
The International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday that it had given the Pentagon "multiple" reports from detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that American personnel had mishandled the Koran. The committee said the complaints from detainees then ceased.
The Pentagon confirmed that it had received these reports from the committee, but characterized the incidents as minor and rare and said that detainees themselves had also mishandled the Koran.
We had glumy noted in an update last week that the rule changes by the Pentagon were presumably in response to something.
ONE DAY MORE: The Times presents the preliminary findings of the military inquiry:
Inquiry by U.S. Finds 5 Cases of Koran Harm
By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, May 26 - An American military inquiry has uncovered five instances in which guards or interrogators at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba mishandled the Koran, but found "no credible evidence" to substantiate claims that it was ever flushed down a toilet, the chief of the investigation said on Thursday.
All but one of the five incidents appear to have taken place before January 2003. In three cases, the mishandling of the Koran appears to have been deliberate, and in two it was accidental or unintentional, the commander said, adding that four cases involved guards, and one an interrogator. Two service members have been punished for their conduct, one recently.
Michelle Malkin gives us a good chuckle - the WaPo, corporate parent of Newsweek, had a hard time getting to the toilet.


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With a twist of lime and a dash of salt Sydney chef Nowshad Alam Rasel flavours a hot pan full of crickets, tossing them over a flaming stove.
The savoury snack, which would not be out of place at a Mexican cantina or a Bangkok street stall, is creeping onto menus at Australian boutique eateries such as El Topo, challenging the inhibitions of diners.
"When they come for the first time, the customer very much wants to know what it is," says sous-chef Rasel, as he neatly plates up the fried critters, topped with slices of fresh chilli.
Roasted cockroach, honey-flavoured ants, mealworm and chocolate coated popcorn are now available to try and buy - and while the cuisine remains a novelty, there are signs it is growing in popularity.
Consumer attitude toward eating insects are usually split explains Skye Blackburn, owner of Australia's largest insect supplier, the Edible Bug Shop in Sydney.
"The first kind of people are completely grossed out and they really can't change their mind and they kind of just want to come and have a look and don't want to try it really," the entomologist says.
"And then we get the second kind of people that really want to learn more and some of them will try edible insects and some of them won't, but they will go away and talk about insects and they'll spread the word about what they have seen that day," she adds.
High in protein, cheap to produce, and with a much lighter carbon footprint than meat or dairy farming, bugs are already part of the diet for more than two billion people worldwide, according to the United Nations.
Advocates of increased consumption say it will help feed a bulging global population as land becomes scarce and climate change threatens conventional food supplies like fish.
'Love bugs'
Insects such as beetles, caterpillars, crickets and even spiders are common in diets across parts of Asia, Latin America and Africa, while Australia's Aborigines have eaten bush tucker including ants, moths and larvae for thousands of years.
But they are a difficult sell in the Western world where people struggle to dissassociate the nutritional value from the source, with most insects considered pests.
"You have to name them something else," suggested one El Toro patron when asked about overcoming fears of eating insects in Australia.
"We don't eat cow, we tend to eat steak and sausages," he says. "With pig we eat pork and bacon, so you have to start by naming them something else."
Blackburn is leading the charge to change the perception of edible insects.
She runs Australia's only commercial bug farm, supplying a growing number of restaurants across the country, breeding hundreds of kilogrammes of insects each week, including savoury crickets, dehydrated ants, and even a "special" kind of roasted cockroach "that don't have any germs on them".
Australia's trendy urban farmer's markets too are a popular spot for her produce, with inquisitive foodies sampling creations like mealworm and chocolate coated popcorn, and green tea and honey roasted black ants.
"I'm going to go a big gob," says 53-year-old market goer Guy McEwan, putting a handful of a savoury mix of mealworms, ants, crickets and popcorn into his mouth.
"It's great. I love em, I love bugs," he adds, likening the texture and flavour to crisps.
Others at the crowded Saturday market in the hip Sydney suburb of Redfern are drawn to the novelty.
"Sometimes when you move the packet it looks like they're alive," says Danny Stagnitta, 42, while giving his snack box a shake.
Back at El Topo, while the bugs remain a hot item among Sydney's experimental diners, it may be some time yet before it becomes a staple in Australian homes.
Nine-year-old diner Alexandria winces as she samples the fried crickets.
She concludes: "It feels awkward and weird that you're eating an insect. You would normally eat meat."
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Florida Wins The National Championship(!)
Victory Wasn't Pretty, But It Was Effective
But now? Oh, yes.
In a way, when you expect to win a national title (especially since all the way back to August), the championship itself feels weird -- like confirmation more than celebration.
OK: Reactions?
More than anything: Florida's defense went up against the most prolific offense in college football history and held them to 14 points, something no other team can touch.
(To Oklahoma's credit, their defense was outstanding. The difference between winning and losing was a handful of Percy Harvin home runs and that little jimmy pass to Hernandez...over and over and over.)
Was Tebow great? He started the game SO tight. He had a couple of amazing scrambles to keep drives alive. He made a couple of terrific throws. Mainly, his enthusiastic outburst turned the game's momentum around. I particularly liked his unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty late, doing the Gator Chomp in the face of an Oklahoma defensive player. Taunting? Never. Celebration.
Still: Tebow's legacy is secure -- two national titles (one as a starter, one as a key role player), a Heisman, a 3rd-place Heisman finish. The Speech. The images of his enthusiasm. Top 5 all-time? I'd say so. The question: With a title to call his own, will he come back next year?
I loved the very first reaction from Tebow when he was interviewed on the podium by Fox:
"I just want to thank the fans. They are so unbelievable... I just love being a Gator and I thank all of you!"
(Yes, he eventually got to thanking Jesus, but (a) there's nothing wrong with that -- I give him so much credit for, as usual, not shoving it in our faces, and (b) that he prioritized his thankfulness for the fans and for being a Gator is at the core of his appeal.)
Speaking of legacies, how about Percy Harvin? With two titles of his own, and an MVP-level performance in this title game, maybe he deserves some "all-time" props of his own.
OK, as for the polls: An ugly game is precisely what some contrarian AP voters would be looking for as an excuse to nullify their penultimate poll and split the title.
That said: Florida went into the game as the AP No. 1, and they beat the AP No. 2 team, soundly and, in the end, decisively -- again, the defining number was "14," which compared to Oklahoma's scoring-binge season, was absolutely stunning.
It would defy all logic -- the voters' own logic -- if enough AP voters didn't vote for Florida as national champ. (Although to be sure, I'm sure there will be plenty of AP voters looking for a little self-promotion for themselves by going with USC or Utah.)
Anyway, I'm going to go savor this one. It was a slog, there's no question about that. But it was a championship.
7 comments:
- psm said...
Wait, so not only are you praising Tebow for his unsportsmanlike penalty call, you are giving a guy with "John 3:16" painted on his face credit for not shoving Jesus on us?
Wow, just wow. - 1/09/2009 12:22:00 AM
- Rosser said...
Hat's off to Florida. Winning the BCS is no small feat. At all. That being said, Florida vs Utah would be a good game and Florida vs USC would be an effing beatdown.
- Unknown said...
oh fuck you. you are such a homer. tebow isn't top 5 of all time. he isn't top 20 of all time. ridiculous. i'm not even a sooner fan, but i just find tebow so overrated. everyone i know finds him overrated. it's only florida fans that like that jesus loving douche. you're a joke.
- mmmm beefy said...
The sooners partly held themselves to 14 point with the 2 failed red zone possessions at the end of the first half. If they convert 1 of them or even kick FG's the complexion is the game is very different. Florida's D was large there but a passing team running it 4 times in a row and then Bradford's ill advised throw for the pick was larger
- Biff said...
Dan... Ole Miss.
As a BYU fan, I *hate* Utah... but they've got a better argument than anybody... the polls are BCS biased, and it simply is a shame that Florida and Utah don't get a chance to prove who is the real champ on the field. Utah has enough quality wins, period. Florida has some quality wins, but a terrible loss. That would be acceptable if the final decision was by playoff. The fact that it is not, and the terrible loss somehow became irrelevant is just ridiculous.
Congrats on the win, but try to put yourself into the shoes of a Utah fan... is this system fair? Hell no. - 1/09/2009 08:06:00 AM
- EDurana said...
2 interceptions against a porous Sooner defense and you still rank him top 5? Dan, I'm a huge fan of yours but come on!
- bird said...
What is better about this Gator national championship than the one two years ago??
When the team goes to the White House in a month or two, there will be a REAL President greeting the guys, as opposed to Mortimer Snerd!
It's great to be a Florida Gator! - 1/09/2009 09:21:00 AM


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At UN Rwanda genocide tribunal, former government minister sentenced to 35 years in jail
According to a news release from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the court's Trial Chamber II found that Mr. Ngirabatware – then serving as Rwanda's Minister of Planning – directly and publicly incited the killing of Tutsis at the Cyanika-Gisa roadblock in February 1994.
It further found that Mr. Ngirabatware instigated and aided and abetted the attacks and killings of Tutsis in April 1994 in the Nyamyumba commune through his words and actions in distributing weapons at two roadblocks there. At least some of these weapons were used by the Hutu Interahamwe militia to kill Tutsis.
The chamber also found Mr. Ngirabatware guilty of participating in a joint criminal enterprise, which was in existence by 7 April 1994, and whose members shared the common purpose of destroying, in whole or in part, the Tutsi ethnic group, and exterminating the Tutsi civilian population in the Nyamyumba commune. In addition, the chamber found Mr. Ngirabatware guilty for committing – through this joint criminal enterprise in the extended form – the repeated rapes of a Tutsi woman.
Mr. Ngirabatware was arrested in September 2007 in Germany, and transferred to the court in October 2009. His trial opened in September 2009.
Based in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, the ICTR was set up after the Rwandan genocide, when at least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed during three months of bloodletting that followed the deaths of then Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, and his Burundian counterpart, Cyprien Ntaryamira, when their plane was brought down over the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on 6 April 1994.
In a statement issued after the verdict, the ICTR's Chief Prosecutor, Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, said that the delivery of today's judgement in this case marks a historic occasion and important mile stone in the work of the tribunal.
"For today the Tribunal has completed the trial phase of its mandate," he said. "Established by the UN Security Council by resolution 955 of 1994 with the mandate to prosecute persons responsible for genocide and serious violations of international humanitarian law in Rwanda in 1994, the ICTR has over the past eighteen years of its operations indicted 93 persons for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."
He noted that of those indicted, 83 have been arrested with 75 of them prosecuted to judgement; 65 of those tried were found guilty and convicted, nine of them on their guilty pleas. Ten of the accused have been acquitted, while three died after indictment. The cases of ten of the accused were referred to national jurisdictions for trial, including six of the remaining nine fugitives, while two indictments were withdrawn.
"It has taken considerable effort, dedication and diligence by several parties for this outcome, amongst them the governments and law enforcement authorities of some 21 countries which have cooperated in ensuring the arrest and transfer of s to the tribunal for trial; over three thousand witnesses from several countries who have despite many challenges, testified in order to assist the tribunal arrive at the truth and render justice," Justice Jallow said.
The ICTR is expected to conclude its work by the end of 2014. The UN Security Council set up the so-called International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in December 2010 and mandated it to take over and finish the remaining tasks of the ICTR – and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) – when they are closed after their mandates expire. The ICTR branch of the Residual Mechanism began its functions on 1 July.
The Chief Prosecutor said that "some important" work still remains to be done at the ICTR – mainly in the management of the remaining appeal cases as well as management of legacy and closure related issues.
"We are confident that these tasks too can be completed before the end of 2014 as stipulated by the UN Security Council," he said. "The conclusion of the work of this phase of the ICTR or its final closure will not affect the tracking of the remaining fugitives whose cases have now been transferred to the Residual Mechanism."
He added, "The search for these fugitives will continue and will not cease and until they are found and until they are brought to account before the Mechanism or before an appropriate national jurisdiction for trial."


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The beginning of the year, the dark rules of the auction house has been modified, may be a lot of people do not The Secret World Gold understand this. A player made a dark film mechanism explain the recognition and support of the Blizzard community manager.
It is very simple to sum up, because you just enter the highest psychological level. Does not worry about that modified dark rules mechanism inhibit the malicious top price? If the bid was over, it means that people are willing to spend more gold coins to auction items. If you win the bid, then the system will make sure you spend as little as possible coins.
This is called dark shot. In fact, the rules of the auction are not as simple as you think. For example: some people made the starting price of item as 100 gold coins.
Player A made the highest bid for 500 gold, and he is the winner, but his actual bid is only 100 gold coins, not all 500 gold coins. If no one bid at the end of the auction, he will be able to obtain the return of items and 400 gold coins. Actual bids (500 - 100)
Player B bid 200 gold coins. Are prompted his bid is too low, Player A bid is now up to 200 gold coins. If the end of the auction, no one to continue bidding, then Player A will be able to obtain the return of items and 300 gold coins. Actual bids (500 - 200)
If Player B decides to bid 1000 gold, then he became the winner. Player B can be obtained after the end of the auction, the return of items and 500 gold coins.
In conclusion, as long as you enter the highest psychological level you can accept it. The system will ensure that you spend less money, as long as your psychological price is higher than others. If you lose the article, it means that someone is willing to spend more money to buy him.
This is a summary of a good dark shot.
Essentially, if you have been received the message: Your bid is too low, then it means that the other players' dark auction's t price of gold coins is more than you are willing to pay for the items.
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Published Friday, December 6, 2013
Dr. Timothy HenrichamfAR-funded researcher Dr. Timothy Henrich of Harvard Medical School reported at a conference, December 5, that two patients who had appeared to be free of HIV following stem-cell transplants had each experienced a resurgence of virus. Dr. Henrich was funded by amfAR to conduct a clinical study in which he withdrew antiretroviral therapy from the two patients, since the only way to determine if a person is genuinely cured of HIV is to stop treatment and look for any signs of viral rebound.
Dr. Henrich was initially awarded a grant through the amfAR Research Consortium on HIV Eradication (ARCHE) after presenting preliminary findings on these patients at the International AIDS Conference in July 2012. The patients had been on long-term antiretroviral therapy for HIV when they developed lymphoma. To treat the cancer, each underwent reduced intensity chemotherapy followed by a stem-cell transplant. After the transplants, Dr. Henrich was unable to find any evidence of HIV infection in either patient.
With support from amfAR, Dr. Henrich and his research team withdrew the patients' antiretroviral therapy and performed several sophisticated assays looking for signs of viral rebound in blood and other tissues. The patients had been off treatment for several months with no detectable virus. Both patients are now back on antiretroviral treatment after the researchers found evidence of virus re-emerging.
While the news was met with disappointment among the scientific community, researchers have gained important new knowledge from these two cases that will inform further cure-focused research. The cases go some way toward answering a fundamental question that continues to confound scientists: how small does the viral reservoir need to be before the risk of viral rebound is eliminated? They also underscore the need to develop better, more sensitive assays that can detect tiny amounts of virus, an area of study that is being actively investigated by amfAR-funded researchers.
Dr. Henrich is currently reviewing the data from the two patients to better understand the outcomes and to determine next steps, and amfAR will report on any further developments as information becomes available.


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Chapter IX.—Serapion, the Archdeacon, and St. Olympias. Some of the Celebrated Men insolently bear down upon John, traducing him as Impracticable and Passionate.
The enmity of the clergy against John was greatly increased by Serapion, his archdeacon. He was an Egyptian, naturally prone to anger, and always ready to insult his opponents. 1595 The feelings of hostility were further fostered by the counsel which Olympias received from John. Olympias was of most illustrious birth, and although she had become a widow while young, and was zealously attached to the exercises of monastic philosophy according to the laws of the church, yet Nectarius had ordained her p. 405 as deaconess. John, perceiving that she bestowed her goods liberally on any one who asked her for them, and that she despised everything but the service of God, said to her: "I applaud your intentions; but would have you know that those who aspire to the perfection of virtue according to God, ought to distribute their wealth with economy. You, however, have been bestowing wealth on the wealthy, which is as useless as if you had cast it into the sea. Know you not that you have voluntarily, for the sake of God, devoted all your possessions to the relief of the poor. You ought, therefore, to regard your wealth as belonging to your Master, and to remember that you have to account for its distribution. If you will be persuaded by me, you will in future regulate your donations according to the wants of those who solicit relief. You will thus be enabled to extend the sphere of your benevolence, and your mercy and most zealous care will receive reward from God."
John had several disputes with many of the monks, particularly with Isaac. He highly commended those who remained in quietude in the monasteries and practiced philosophy there; he protected them from all injustice and solicitiously supplied whatever necessities they might have. But the monks who went out of doors and made their appearance in cities, he reproached and regarded as insulting philosophy. For these causes, he incurred the hatred of the clergy, and of many of the monks, who called him a hard, passionate, morose, and arrogant man. They therefore attempted to bring his life into public disrepute, by stating confidently, as if it were the truth, that he would eat with no one, and that he refused every invitation to a meal that was offered him. I know of no pretext that could have given rise to this assertion, except that, as I have been assured by a man of undoubted veracity, John had, by rigorous asceticism, rendered himself liable to pain in the head and stomach, and was thus prevented from being present at some of the choicest symposia. Hence, however, originated the greatest accusation that was ever devised against him.
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CIT was the doyenne of independent small-business and middle-market lending — until it wasn't. During the financial crisis, the commercial-financing firm became a bank holding company to access funds from the Troubled Relief Asset Program. It then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2009. But the company has rebounded, in part through asset sales that have cleansed its balance sheet. In its third-quarter earnings report, CIT said its commercial portfolio grew 8 percent year-over-year, and its non-accrual loans fell to 1.18 percent. CIT bank has also amassed $12 billion in consumer deposits.
As a bank, CIT now has federal regulators regularly looking over the quality of its portfolio. But in many ways CIT is still CIT. It still plays in many of the same spaces — like commercial financing and leasing and vendor finance — where private capital providers do and competes against them regularly.
Neil Wessan is group head of CIT Capital Markets, the arm of CIT that structures, prices and distributes all financial products that CIT originates. He talked with CFO recently about the state of middle-market lending and what kind of loans the company is underwriting . An edited version of that interview follows.
What kind of companies is CIT targeting?
Our target is middle-market companies that have at a minimum $10 million to $15 of EBITDA although we will also look at companies up to and north of $50 million to $75 million of EBITDA. We're focused on securing lead lender positions in transactions as well as participatory roles.
Because things are so competitive, have you had to adjust the firm's risk appetite?
Leverage is still a little lower than it was at the peak of the last cycle. Terms and conditions have loosened to some extent, especially in some of the larger deals. Covenant-lite terms are much more prevalent, frankly, in the more liquid, large-deal market. However, in our universe, it's a lot less prevalent, so we view the transactions we do as carrying less risk because there are covenants that offer some protection.
As a bank, as a holder of assets, we are conscientious of the impact of our transactions over the life of the asset. We're not selling down to zero. In 2007 and 2008, for the most part the institutions that got into real trouble were the ones who were distributing down to zero, so it didn't matter what they were putting into their deals. And when things came to a head, large banks had literally tens of billions of dollars of paper that they didn't want. They couldn't sell that paper to anyone. If you're buying a piece of paper and structuring it so that you're holding it for the life of the transaction, it's a lot less risky.
How do you balance your lending between cash-flow and asset-based?
We provide financing, leasing and advisory services to our middle-market clients and their customers across more than 30 industries. We understand the dynamics of these sectors, and because of that we're comfortable taking the risk that our cash-flow loan will be returned to us. We also look at the valuations of the companies and the size of the loans against the enterprise value to ensure that we're not pushing things too far from a credit perspective. If a lender is doing a health-care deal, and doesn't understand the sector, and the borrower has reimbursement risk, then the lender is subject to having bad things happen to it. At CIT, we pride ourselves in the industry expertise. We recently closed a wind-power transaction. In order to complete such a deal you need to understand all the elements of what's going on in power regulation; what's going on in the specific market for which that wind generator is producing power and what alternate sources of energy are available to compete with the project.
In the public markets, many companies are issuing debt to pay a dividend to equity holders. What do you like to see your borrowers use their loan capital for?
We are comfortable with our borrowers using the loan proceeds for refinancing, for growth, for acquisitions and, to a limited degree, dividends. Obviously it's a lot more interesting to us as an institution to provide capital for a company to grow their business through the acquisition of a competitor or the building of a plant. However, you can't ignore financing dividends to equity holders. You can't take yourself out of the marketplace altogether because at times its an appropriate use of capital. When we look at funding a dividend payment to shareholders, we want to make sure that the owner of the company still has a real interest in the company succeeding.
As a bank, do you provide other business-banking services to your clients?
We offer caps and swaps to our clients so that they could potentially lock in the current low interest rates and protect themselves from the adverse effects of any potential interest-rate jump that might come in the next couple of years.
Think about it — if you're a middle-market company and you want to buy a swap there's a small amount of credit risk associated with that swap. Who better to understand your company than your lead lender or a strong lender in the credit? Otherwise, trying to get a third party to provide a swap may be almost impossible.
So with the capital available, how active is middle-market lending?
I think the middle market will probably stay active, but things can change quickly. Regulators are putting a lot of pressure on banks to keep leverage reasonable.


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'Stand Up for Religious Freedom' Rallies Draw Attention to Obama's Contraceptive Mandate
Tens of thousands of people are estimated to gather Friday in 131 cities across the nation to rally around the mantra of religious liberty brought on by President Obama's mandate on birth control.
"We are honored to be hosting a 'Stand Up for Religious Freedom' rally here in Washington, D.C. at the HHS building," the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Fund, told The Christian Post. "When the president issued the HHS mandate, what he failed to understand is this is not an issue about health care – it is one of religious freedom."
The rallies will take place at noon on Friday and will feature prominent religious leaders and elected officials at each location. What began as an effort to plan rallies in 40 to 50 cities has now grown to over 130.
More than any other policy issue that has come before the American public, President Obama's directive to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that religious institutions must cover contraception, abortifacients and sterilization in their employees' health insurance even if it violates their conscience has brought the debate to the point of personal attacks from both sides.
Even before the mandate was issued by President Obama in late January, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led now by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, encouraged the White House not to overreach and put religious institutions in the position of having to publicly oppose the White House.
However, the mandate extended far beyond the Catholic community, touching other Christian groups and denominations who felt the government had over-stepped its boundaries by forcing Christians to compromise on their beliefs.
Later Obama issued what he called a "compromise," by amending the mandate to say religious institutions or organizations did not have to participate, but that insurers would still have to provide birth control and abortion inducing drugs. The group of Bishops still held firm in their opposition to the mandate.
After Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke met with a group Democratic Congressmen and women and advocated for free birth control for all women, especially those who are sexually active, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh referred to her in unflattering terms that only intensified the debate.
Mahoney, who is an ordained Presbyterian minister, said the issue has hit a nerve not only in America, but worldwide.
"For the first time in American history you have a president who is telling a church how to practice their faith," said Mahoney. "If he feels he can get away with telling the Catholic Church – who has traditionally been a champion of major social issues – then he will start telling other denominations and religions what they must and must not do."
"One highlight of our D.C. rally is we are hosting a pastor from Korea who has been fasting and praying over this issue. It's one thing to see this type of dictatorial rule in Communist or third-world counties, but it's truly upsetting to see this happening in the land of the free," Mahoney said.
More than the debate over health care, Mahoney believes there is a much larger issue that will define the upcoming elections in 2012.
"In 2004 we say about 55 percent of the Catholic vote go to Republican candidates," he noted. "In 2008, that same percentage went to Democrats. But beyond the Catholic vote, this issue is drawing people, especially women, from both parties to our side."
"And I can say with confidence that whoever the Republican nominee is, they will support this issue and not dictate to the church what they should and should not believe."


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First Known Use: 15th century
verb re·sume \ri-ˈzüm\
: to begin again after stopping
: to take (a seat, place, position, etc.) again : to go back to (something)
Full Definition of RESUME
transitive verb
: to assume or take again : reoccupy <resumed his seat by the fire — Thomas Hardy>
: to return to or begin again after interruption <resumed her work>
: to take back to oneself
: to pick up again
intransitive verb
: to begin again something interrupted
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Origin of RESUME
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere to take up, take — more at consume
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noun ré·su·mé \ˈre-zə-ˌmā, ˌre-zə-ˈ also ˈrā- or ˌrā-\
: a short document describing your education, work history, etc., that you give an employer when you are applying for a job
: a list of achievements
: a short description of things that have happened
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: summary
: a set of accomplishments <a musical résumé>
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ré·su·mé or re·su·me also re·su·mé \ˈre-zə-ˌmā, ˌre-zə-ˈ also ˈrā- or ˌrā-\
Origin of RÉSUMÉ
French résumé, from past participle of résumer to resume, summarize, from Middle French resumer
First Known Use: 1804
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verb re·sume \ri-ˈzüm\
Definition of RESUME for Kids
: to begin again <The teams resumed play.>
: to take or occupy again <Please resume your seats.>
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"For, where but a moment before there had been nothing, there was now a gigantic protoplasmic mass, a colossal being who towered upward toward the stars, and whose actual physical being was in constant flux;"
"But the thing on the slab, the Dweller in Darkness, was the ultimate in horror, for from its mass of amorphous flesh there grew at will before our eyes tentacles, claws, hands, and withdrew again; the mass itself diminished and swelled effortlessly, and where its head was and its features should have been there was only a blank facelessness all the more horrible because even as we looked there rose from its blind mass a low ululation in that half-bestial, half human voice so familiar to us from the record mad in the night!"
"And the thing that had gone forth and who had returned into the forest to send his minions back to us. It was he who had come from interstellar space even as Cthugha, the fire being, had come from Fomalhaut upon the utterance of the command that woke him from his eon-long sleep under that amber star, the command that Gardner, the living-dead captive of the terrible Nyarlathotep, had discovered in those fantastic travelings in space and time;"
August Derleth, The Dweller In Darkness


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Sunbury Utilities Billing Department9 E Granville StreetSunbury OH 43074
The mailing address for the department is:
Sunbury Utilities Billing DepartmentP.O. Box 508Sunbury, OH 43074
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Our hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with the exception on holidays.
Customers are billed for sewer every month. Sewer bills are prepared and ready on the second Tuesday of each month.
Any sewer bill not paid by the due date shall incur a penalty of 5% of such charge, which will be added to the next month's bill.
Payment for your sewer bill is due on or before the 4th Tuesday of each month. The actual due date is printed on the sewer bill.
Sewer usage charges are based on your water consumption and are calculated as follows:
Dollars Per 1,000 Gallons $8.74
Effective January 1, 2019 and January 1st of each subsequent calendar year for a period of 5 years ending on January 1, 2024, the sewer user charges will be increased by 3.5% per 1,000 gallons of flow being discharged into the sanitary sewer system. The resulting charges, commencing January 1, 2019, and for subsequent years, are as follows:
Effective Date Effective Rate
January 1, 2019 $ 8.74
January 1, 2020 9.05
January 1, 2021 9.37
January 1, 2022 9.70
January 1, 2023 10.04
January 1, 2024 10.39
When setting up your sewer service, you will need the following information:
If you have not done so, you will also need to call Del-Co Water at 740-548-7746 to setup your water account. Del-Co water reads the meters in Sunbury, forwards us the reads, and we produce sewer bills based upon water usage. You must have a Delco water account in order to have a Sunbury sewer account.
When terminating sewer service, you will need the following information:
If you have a higher sewer bill than normal, it could be you that you used more water consumption for the billing cycle. If you did not use any more water than normal, then you may have a leak somewhere.
Leaks can cause dripping of hundreds of gallons of water down your drain. Not only does a leak waste water, it causes you a higher water bill each month, which in turns reflects a higher sewer bill as well. If you have a leak, get it repaired as soon as possible.
Check for leaks. The most common culprit is the toilet.
Note: The above items listed are just some common plumbing items we suggest to check for water leaks. Sunbury is not responsible for your plumbing beyond the valve at the street, nor are we at any way obligated to investigate leaks in your plumbing or to offer any advice on how to fix them. Sunbury is not responsible for any damages or expenses due to your plumbing leaks.